Mirai, an iPhone / iPod touch development firm in Tokyo, has created a new app for learning Japanese, called "iStart Japanese!" (v1.0) for the Education category (price $4.99). I am a developer for Mirai. This app is targeted at complete beginners of Japanese. Uniqueness of this App: 1. It teaches beginner-level Japanese by way of a dialog between a native English instructor and a Japanese language guide to help the user pronounce Japanese correctly. 2. The dialog is in the form of "speech bubbles" which move in synch with the audio. 3. The Japanese speech bubbles can be "toggled" to display words in Japanese script or Romanized form, which is very helpful to users who wish to learn how to write Japanese. 4. Each lesson contains an animated "stroke order diagram" to show the user how to correctly write out Japanese characters. 5. There are nearly 1000 sound files within the app, giving the user a full audio experience to go along with the clear and striking visual appearance of the app. 6. There is an interactive quiz to go along with each lesson within the app. LINK TO APP ON ITUNES STORE http://bit.ly/istartjapanese LINK TO FULL APP DESCRIPTION http://www.miraijapanese.com/2009/11/13/iphone-app-istart-japanese/ LINK TO SHORT APPLICATION VIDEO SCREENCAST http://www.miraijapanese.com/videos/ LINK TO APPLICATION WEBSITE http://www.miraijapanese.com/ We will be launching a Lite version of this app in a few days. If you are interested in learning Japanese, please try out this app and give us feedback here and/or on iTunes. Here are 5 promo codes: TMLXYM4A3Y7A TKTPNRLRE36J PJ9NK3L3Y3TW 94M9EYRFJJME 6TPWEXXNTNJK
This one I don't think is all that great. I guess one advantage it does have is auto mode and each paragraph in English and Japanese is read aloud. Other than that not something I can recommend.
Thanks for your honest feedback. Could you please give me some pointers as to how the app could be improved? It would be much appreciated. Here are another 3 promo codes for others to review the app. I look forward to your honest opinions. 3JYRLTYM9L3T KF36LLR444RP R9HXWXY493KF Thanks. *************************** iStart Japanese! - For beginner-level learners of Japanese Now #1 Paid App in UK (Education category)!!! http://bit.ly/istartjapanese
